Solution Architect – AI & Cyber Innovation
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Job Location:
Chantilly, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 107900 - 195050
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Love solving tough problems Architect the answers.
Leidos has an immediate opening for a Solutions Architect to join our Mission Solutions team within the National Security this role you will help shape the technical vision and strategy that drives innovation and mission success for our Intelligence Community DoD and mission partners. You will design and articulate solutions that integrate intelligent automation full-spectrum cyber systems engineering AI/ML-driven analytics modeling and simulations and secure supply chain logistics capabilities. This role requires a deep understanding of the Intelligence Community landscape.
As a key member of the CTO team youll be a technical storyteller and strategistsomeone who can both craft the vision and write the words that turn your technical depth into strategic influence.
If you are a creative systems-level thinker who thrives at the intersection of technology innovation and national securitythis is your opportunity to make an impact.
The position will report to the CTO for the Mission Solutions Business Area.
Primary Responsibilities
List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities.
Design and Lead Technical Solutions: Develop innovative mission-aligned technical approaches that integrate cutting-edge technologies to address customer challenges. Use your technical insight to translate complex mission requirements into innovative winning solutions.
Drive Capture and Proposal Success: Partner with capture and business development teams to author technical volumes whitepapers and responses to RFPs/RFIstranslating technical innovation into clear compelling customer value. Conduct thorough requirements analysis and translate customer needs into actionable technical specifications.
Integrate Emerging Technologies: Evaluate and insert next-generation capabilitiessuch as autonomous decision agents AI orchestration and resilient cyber frameworksinto proposals and ongoing programs. Architect solutions that answer real mission challenges using AI Cyber and emerging tech.
Influence and Communicate: Present and defend solutions at both executive and technical levelsdemonstrating how technology investments deliver mission value.
Drive Innovation: Identify evaluate and insert emerging technologies into proposals and programs enhancing our delivery across domains such as cybersecurity AI/ML and digital engineering.
Collaborate Across Domains: Partner with technical SMEs program teams and leadership to define roadmaps that improve enterprise capabilities and enable mission success. Work with the program teams Business Area leadership and CTO organization to identify technology and solution roadmaps to improve mission enterprise capabilities and broaden Leidos contributions in technical leadership resulting in increased contract growth and improved customer satisfaction.
Primary Focus Areas
Intelligent Automation and AI/ML Integration
Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience
Systems and Enterprise Engineering
Modeling Simulation and Digital Engineering
Secure Supply Chain and Logistics Solutions
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree with 8 years of experience in a STEM related discipline. Additional years experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
Technical expertise in one or more mission-critical domainsAI Cyber Quantum Software Engineering Digital Modernization Cloud Migration or Mission Operations with proven ability to apply it to shape the future of technology.
Experience articulating complex technical concepts to customers business development program delivery technical teams and executives both orally and in writing
Proven experience writing or leading technical proposals whitepapers or capture artifacts as a solution architect and/or technical volume lead
Excellent communication skillscapable of conveying complex technical ideas clearly to both customers and technical teams
U.S. Citizen with active TS/SCI and Polygraph
Preferred Qualifications
Technical expertise in one or more mission-critical domainsAI Cyber Quantum Software Engineering Digital Modernization Cloud Migration or Mission Operations with proven ability to apply it to shape the future of technology.
Strong technical understanding of AI/ML concepts autonomous/Agentic AI cloud migration/architectures digital modernization and cybersecurity technologies
Ideal candidates will have a strong grasp of AI and Machine Learning concepts including emerging Agentic AI frameworks Deep Learning and advanced intelligent systems.
Awareness of leading technology capability providers that enhance our technical solutions
Experience advising application teams on migrating legacy systems to cloud-based solutions such as AWS Azure or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Knowledge of emerging AI governance ethical AI and secure development frameworks
Demonstrated success in technical capture white paper development or proposal support
Ability to conduct technical research into new technologies evidence gathering to help shape solutions.
Why Leidos
Join Leidos and help define the future of mission technology. Youll collaborate with forward-thinking experts apply emerging AI and cyber capabilities and shape the solutions that enable tomorrows national security missions.
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
Were the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We dont wear capes (theyre a safety hazard) but we do solve high-stakes problems with code caffeine and a healthy disregard for how its always been done.
Original Posting:
December 22 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107900.00 - $195050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Business Process
- VMware
- Cloud
- HTML5
- Windows
- Project managements
- AWS
- Infrastructure
- Web Services
- JQuery
- Java
- Computer Engineering
- Solutions design
- Technical Solutions
- Analytics
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
